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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

538

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-12-03

Day of Death

2022-09-13 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Jean Luc Godard

J.-L. Godard

JL Godard

JeanLuc Cinéma Godard

Monsieur Godard

JLG

Hans Lucas

장 뤽 고다르

장-뤽 고다르

جان لوك جودار

Jean-Luc Godard

Biography

Jean-Luc Godard (December 3, 1930 – September 13, 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement and was arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era.

Known For

Acting

Contempt

1963

Contempt

as

Lang's Assistant Director

Breathless

1960

Breathless

as

The Snitch

Belmondo, le magnifique

2017

Belmondo, le magnifique

as

Self (archive footage)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

1989

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories

as

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

2023

Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma

as

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

1989

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story

as

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

1997

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

as

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

1997

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2a: Only Cinema

as

Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Here and Elsewhere

1976

Here and Elsewhere

as

Narrator (voice)

Notre Musique

2004

Notre Musique

as

Self

First Name: Carmen

1983

First Name: Carmen

as

Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)

Far from Vietnam

1967

Far from Vietnam

as

Self (segment "Camera Eye")

Meetin' WA

1986

Meetin' WA

as

Self

Routine Pleasures

1986

Routine Pleasures

as

Himself (Archive photos)

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

2011

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

as

Self (archive footage)

Godard Is Here

2023

Godard Is Here

as

Self

Two in the Wave

2010

Two in the Wave

as

Self (archive footage)

A Story of Water

1961

A Story of Water

as

Narrator

Close Up

2012

Close Up

as

Self (archive footage)

Keep Your Right Up

1987

Keep Your Right Up

as

Idiot / Prince

King Lear

1988

King Lear

as

Professor Pluggy

Godard by Godard

2023

Godard by Godard

as

Self (archive footage)

Le Gai Savoir

1969

Le Gai Savoir

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

1961

The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

as

Man with the Black Glasses

Band of Outsiders

1964

Band of Outsiders

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Say God Bye

2023

Say God Bye

as

Self (JLG)

The Glass Castle

1950

The Glass Castle

as

Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)

Vladimir and Rosa

1971

Vladimir and Rosa

as

Vladimir Lenin (uncredited)

A Letter to Freddy Buache

1983

A Letter to Freddy Buache

as

Self (uncredited)

Operation Concrete

1958

Operation Concrete

as

Narrator (voice)

Willing

1969

Willing

as

Self (uncredited)

Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

1993

Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

as

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Scheherazade

1963

Scheherazade

as

Handwalker

Number Two

1975

Number Two

as

Self (uncredited)

How's It Going?

1978

How's It Going?

as

Union Member (voice)

Iter

2020

Iter

as

Self

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

2019

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as

Self (archive footage)

Soft and Hard

1985

Soft and Hard

as

Self

Voices

1969

Voices

as

Self

Little Godard

1978

Little Godard

as

Guest

The Children Play Russian

1993

The Children Play Russian

as

The idiot: Prince Mishkin

Cinématon

1978

Cinématon

as

N°106

Paris Belongs to Us

1961

Paris Belongs to Us

as

Hans Lucas

The Kreutzer Sonata

1956

The Kreutzer Sonata

as

Ami Journaliste

September September

1986

September September

as

(archive footage)

The Darty Report

1989

The Darty Report

as

Nathanael, the 2000 year-old robot

Le Petit Soldat

1963

Le Petit Soldat

as

Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

Godard Cinema

2023

Godard Cinema

as

Self

Adieu au TNS

1998

Adieu au TNS

as

Self

Anna and the Jellyfish

2020

Anna and the Jellyfish

as

Self (archive footage)

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

2016

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

as

Self (archive footage)

Godard Etkisi

2021

Godard Etkisi

as

Archive Footage (Himself)

Memória Cubana

2010

Memória Cubana

as

Self (archive footage)

The 400 Blows

1959

The 400 Blows

as

(voice)(uncredited)

Wind from the East

1970

Wind from the East

as

Self (uncredited)

The Staircase Wall

2023

The Staircase Wall

as

Self (voice, archive footage)

A German Youth

2015

A German Youth

as

(archive material)

Godard on TV: 1960-2000

1999

Godard on TV: 1960-2000

as

Self (archive footage)

Back to Room 666

2008

Back to Room 666

as

Self (archive footage)

Only Godard

2024

Only Godard

as

Self

We're All Still Here

1997

We're All Still Here

as

The Actor

The Three Disasters

2013

The Three Disasters

as

Narrator

Faces Places

2017

Faces Places

as

Self

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

as

Man in Fez / Narrator (segment "Le Grand escroc") (uncredited)

Godard in America

1970

Godard in America

as

Himself

Scénarios

2024

Scénarios

as

Self

Scénario du film Passion

1982

Scénario du film Passion

as

Narrator / Self

The Married Woman

1964

The Married Woman

as

The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Paparazzi

1964

Paparazzi

as

Self

Reporters

1981

Reporters

as

Self

Hail, Sarajevo

1993

Hail, Sarajevo

as

Narrator

Vivre Sa Vie

1962

Vivre Sa Vie

as

The Lover Reading Poe (voice) (uncredited)

For Jack, From Hell

2024

For Jack, From Hell

as

Self (archive footage)

Room 666

1982

Room 666

as

Self

The Quadrille

1950

The Quadrille

as

Self

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

1958

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

as

Jules (voice) (uncredited)

La rouge et la noire

2011

La rouge et la noire

as

Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)

Lovers

2024

Lovers

as

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed

2012

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed

as

Self (archive footage)

Goodbye to Language

2014

Goodbye to Language

as

Narrator (voice)

ORG

1979

ORG

as

Self (archive footage)

Né

1975

as

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015

Hitchcock/Truffaut

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Image Book

2018

The Image Book

as

Narrator (voice)

Petit Jour

1962

Petit Jour

as

Self

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

Cléo from 5 to 7

as

The Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film

Filmmakers in Action

2006

Filmmakers in Action

as

Self (archive footage)

Film catastrophe

2018

Film catastrophe

as

himself

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

2018

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

as

Self (archive footage)

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

2018

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

as

Self (archive footage)

1 P.M.

1971

1 P.M.

as

Self

JLG\PG

2009

JLG\PG

as

Himself

Four Short Films

2006

Four Short Films

as

Narrator

Anna Karina, Remember

2020

Anna Karina, Remember

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1974

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Lovely Month of May

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as

Self (uncredited)

Godard Made in USA

2010

Godard Made in USA

as

Self (archive footage)

Accomplice

2010

Accomplice

as

Himself (archive footage)

Made in U.S.A

1967

Made in U.S.A

as

Richard Politzer (voice) (uncredited)

The Defector

1966

The Defector

as

Orlovsky's Friend (uncredited)

Godard 1980

1980

Godard 1980

as

As Himself

Cinématon XI

1981

Cinématon XI

as

N°106

On the Trail of the New Wave

2009

On the Trail of the New Wave

as

Self (archive footage)

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

1967

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

as

Narrator (voice)

Printtemps

2020

Printtemps

as

Self (archival footage)

Sign of the Lion

1962

Sign of the Lion

as

Le Mélomane (uncredited)

A Flirtatious Woman

1955

A Flirtatious Woman

as

The Man Who Looks at the Balcony (uncredited)

Fool’s Mate

1956

Fool’s Mate

as

Party guest (uncredited)

The Sparks Brothers

2021

The Sparks Brothers

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carl Th. Dreyer

1966

Carl Th. Dreyer

as

Self (uncredited)

Death

2024

Death

as

Himself (voice)

Moving Pictures

1994

Moving Pictures

as

Self

For Ever Mozart

1996

For Ever Mozart

as

Man pretending to play soccer (uncredited)

To Alter the Image

1982

To Alter the Image

as

The Idiot (uncredited)

Ecce Homo

2006

Ecce Homo

as

(voice)

Para Todo Godard

2025

Para Todo Godard

as

(narrator) (Archive Footage)

Was Ist Kino ?

2025

Was Ist Kino ?

as

Self (Archive Footage)

Série noire

Série noire

as

Self (uncredited)

France/tour/détour/deux/enfants

France/tour/détour/deux/enfants

as

Robert Linard (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Antigone

1992

Antigone

as

Directing

Contempt

1963

Contempt

as

Weekend

1967

Weekend

as

Armide

1987

Armide

as

Hail Mary

1985

Hail Mary

as

King Lear

1988

King Lear

as

Detective

1985

Detective

as

1 P.M.

1971

1 P.M.

as

Pravda

1970

Pravda

as

3x3D

2013

3x3D

as

180

1991

180

as

Ecce Homo

2006

Ecce Homo

as

Dream On

1977

Dream On

as

Aria

1987

Aria

as

Plus oh !

1996

Plus oh !

as

Closed

1988

Closed

as